The Alphabet Workers Union is the result of a years-long organizing effort in Google offices and projects, and it’s finally ready to go public. The…
Video games are expensive to make, and the multi-billion dollar industry around them needs media to survive. The marketing machines behind some of the more…
Suzerain is a new game coming near the end of 2020 that tackles a heavy, and not an oft-explored concept in video games. The game…
Ubisoft has sent out an internal letter in response to a massive wave of more anonymous abuse allegations. This ongoing mess has further implicated the…
Hidetaka ‘Swery’ Suehiro has reached out to gamers to apologize for the way that Deadly Premonition 2 has handled a trans character in the new…
Streaming service Twitch has been trying to clamp down on hateful speech, abuse and other problematic behavior on its platform. But a very unexpected suspension…
Paradox Interactive has announced that the company will enter into a collective bargaining agreement with unions. Swedish labor unions Unionen and SACO will be supporting….
Epic Games is no stranger to controversy, but the statements of one man read like some of the dumbest screeds I have ever read. During…
According to new reports, the German broadcasting regulator, Media Agency Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein, has mandated that Valve purge Nazi imagery from its Steam service. More than 30…
There’s long been a policy within social media of being hands-off. And this absolutely applies for Google’s massive video sharing service, YouTube. Over the years,…
Chucklefish responds to Wargroove controversy over casting white actors to play non-white characters
Another day, another instance of some people critiquing a minor element in a video game, with an aim to improve the overall industry. And of…
publisher Electronic Arts has received a fair amount of backlash over the usual design decisions with their games. Loot boxes, static gameplay mechanics from year-to-year,…
According to new reports and accusations surfacing online, there’s some very damning allegations surrounding the CEO of Razer, Min-Liang Tan. Min-Liang Tan is the co-founder,…
Back in 2016, a sitting U.S. Congressman, Rep. Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.), was accused of misusing campaign funds on a variety of inappropriate purchases. The…
Riot Games, the company behind the hit MOBA League of Legends, has been in the headlines a lot recently. The studio has grown a lot thanks…
Quantic Dream has been ordered to pay thousands of Euros in damages after a court ruling over abusive working conditions went against them. The company…
The ever-shifting conversation surrounding video game violence is quite complex. As more and more countries seek to crack down on some aspects of anti-social behavior, sometimes…
There are an estimated 1.5 million homeless children and youths in the United States, and unfortunately it’s an issue that is often met with apathy…
Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, has made a statement that gamers are going to be either laughably annoyed or rather angry at. The CEO…
Dallas Fuel assistant coach Justin “Jayne” Conroy claims he has been ordered to take down tweets critical of Blizzard’s handling of the Hong Kong incident…
Like with many countries in Europe, there has been a marked resurgence in racism and far-right politics as a scapegoat for other, deeper, societal problems….
“Gaming Disorder” is a term that a lot of people have heard over these last few months. And course, anytime someone says anything that could…
In a move that makes it seem like Blizzard is literally trying to make everyone angry online, another controversy has sprung up this week for…
Chucklefish, the publishing company behind popular retro-esque Starbound, has been hit with some very serious accusations alleging major abuses of workers. This controversy resulted in,…